The six major language families of South Eurasia

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The Geography of South Eurasian languages Guillaume JACQUES Université Paris V - CRLAO

The six major language families of South Eurasia

The six major language families of South Eurasia

Sino-Tibetan / Tibeto-Burman

Austronesian

Miao-Yao (Hmong-Mien)

Kra-dai (Tai-kadai)

Austroasiatic

Dravidian

Language Isolates

Language Isolates Burushaski

Language Isolates Burushaski Kusunda

Language Isolates Burushaski Kusunda Nahali

Sino-Tibetan

Sino-Tibetan / Indochinese Thai Miao-Yao Tibeto-Burman Qiangic Tibetan Lolo-Burmese

Sino-Tibetan / Indochinese Tibeto-Burman Qiangic Tibetan Lolo-Burmese

Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Chinese Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Qiangic Other primary branches Tibeto-Burman (Klaproth 1823) Nearly 30 primary branches

The Primary Branches of Sino-Tibetan

1100 CE Tangut Tibetan Chinese Burmese

Sino-Tibetan Urheimat (1)

Sino-Tibetan Urheimat (2)

Sino-Tibetan Urheimat (3)

Sino-Tibetan Urheimat (3)

Sino-Tibetan Urheimat (3)

Sino-Tibetan Urheimat (3)

Austronesian

Subgrouping Urheimat in Taiwan circa 3500 BCE

Miao-Yao (Hmong-Mien)

Miao-Yao (Hmong-Mien) Split 500 BCE Most of the reconstructible vocabulary of Chinese origin.

Kra-dai (Tai-kadai)

Kra-dai (Ostapirat 2005) Split 2000 BCE

Urheimat of Kra-dai in Guangxi

Austroasiatic

Austroasiatic Khmer Mon

Austroasiatic (Diffloth 2005) Split 5000 BCE

Dravidian Brahui

Macrophyla Sino-Austronesian (Sagart) ST, Austronesian Kra-Dai as a Subgroup of AN within East Coastal Linkage (Sagart)

Macrophyla Indochinese (Leyden 1806) Turanian (Müller) ST, (MT), KD, (Austroasiatic) Turanian (Müller) ST, KD, AA, AN, Dravidian Austric (Schmidt 1906) Austroasiatic, Austronesian Austro-Thai (Schlegel 1901, Wulff 1942, Benedict) Kra-Dai, Austronesian Miao-Yao / Austroasiatic (Davies 1909)

Macrophyla Sino-Caucasian (Starostin) Austric (Pejros) ST, Ienissean, West Caucasian Austric (Pejros) Kra-Dai, Austronesian, Austroasiatic, MY

Macrophyla East-Asian (Zhengzhang, Starosta) ST, MY, Austronesian, KD, Austroasiatic

Macrophyla Elamo-dravidian (McAlpin) : Dravidian Indus Civilisation.